Frank Tudryn's funeral

Former Gulf Coast High School football coach Frank Tudryn was laid to rest on Sunday in his hometown of Northampton, Mass.

The sons of Frank E. Tudryn Jr., Jason, second from left, and Jeremy, second from right, help bear the casket of their father from David Wright Athletic Field at Northampton High School following a funeral for the former NHS educator and football coach Sunday.

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Gary Tudryn, second from left, a younger brother of the late Frank E. Tudryn Jr., enjoys a remembrance of the former Northampton High School educator and football coach offered by long-time friend Patrick Goggins during a funeral held Sunday at David Wright Athletic Field in Northampton, Mass.

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Gary Tudryn, second from left, a younger brother of the late Frank E. Tudryn Jr., enjoys a remembrance of the former Northampton High School educator and football coach offered by longtime friend Patrick Goggins during a funeral held Sunday at David Wright Athletic Field in Northampton, Mass.

Daily Hampshire Gazette

Pallbearers carry the casket of Frank E. Tudryn Jr. from David Wright Athletic Field at Northampton High School in Northampton, Mass., where several hundred people attended the funeral Sunday for the former NHS educator and football coach who died May 19 in Florida after a 14-month battle with cancer. Leading the pallbearers, in foreground, is Tudryn's son Jason Tudryn, a former football coach at Gulf Coast High School who is now the head coach at Carrboro High School in Chapel Hill, N.C.

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Pam Tudryn, center, widow of Frank E. Tudryn Jr., listens to comments by Tudryn's longtime friend, Patrick Goggins, during a funeral for the former Northampton High School educator and football coach held Sunday at David Wright Athletic Field in Northampton, Massachusetts. Seated next to her is her daughter, Kristy, and her husband, Dan.

Daily Hampshire Gazette

Jason Tudryn, a son of Gulf Coast High School head football coach Frank E. Tudryn Jr. who died May 19, offers remembrances of his father during a funeral held at David Wright Athletic Field at Northampton High School in Massachusetts where the elder Tudryn was an educator and football coach. The younger Tudryn was formerly a coach at Gulf Coast and is now the head football coach at Carrboro High School in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Daily Hampshire Gazette

Pam Tudryn, widow of Frank Tudryn Jr., is hugged by her nephew, Pat Tudryn, son of the late Tony Tudryn, after he offered memories of his uncle, the former Northampton High School educator and football coach, at a funeral held Sunday at David Wright Athletic Field in Northampton, Mass.

Daily Hampshire Gazette

Patrick Goggins, a friend of Frank E. Tudryn Jr. since junior high school, offers a eulogy at the funeral for the former Northampton High School educator and football coach attended by several hundred people Sunday at David Wright Athletic Field in Northampton, Mass.